Exciting plans for a ground-breaking new Place & Making Institute have received a significant boost, with the award of £100,000 of development support funding for the project by the Greater London Authority (GLA).

Organisation Shaping Our Lives have been awarded a grant to improve accessibility of violence and abuse services for disabled women, in a project called ‘A Refuge for All’, funded by the Tampon Tax Fund.

The newly refurbished Central Library, on Townley Road in Bexleyheath, was packed out this weekend (February 10) when book characters paid a special visit to launch the borough’s first BookBuzz literary festival.

Having a brand new kitchen is something that lots of people want but can only dream of. Sadly keeping up to date and making our living spaces as nice as they can be is a costly and incredibly stressful business. Even a fresh coat of paint makes all the difference but isn’t easy or quick.